A study of reaction wheel configurations for a 3-axis satellite attitude control

Z Ismail, R Varatharajoo - Advances in Space Research, 2010 - Elsevier
The satellite reaction wheel's configuration plays also an important role in providing the
attitude control torques. Several configurations based on three or four reaction wheels are …

Quaternion based linear time-varying model predictive attitude control for satellites with two reaction wheels

A Golzari, HN Pishkenari, H Salarieh… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Attitude control of a satellite having only two reaction wheels is a challenging issue. To
address this problem, previously published researches considered some simplifying …

Attitude maneuver control of a two-wheeled spacecraft with bounded wheel speeds

H Gui, L Jin, S Xu - Acta Astronautica, 2013 - Elsevier
The attitude control problem of a spacecraft using two reaction wheels is revisited.
Controllability analysis shows that the reduced dynamics of a two-wheeled spacecraft are …

Hierarchical attitude stabilization controller design and analysis for underactuated spacecraft on SO (3)

C Yue, M Lu, X Ju, X Chen, Q Shen - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, the complete attitude stabilization of underactuated spacecraft with two parallel
single gimbal control moment gyroscopes (SGCMGs) is explored on 3-dimensional special …

Nonlinear H∞ based underactuated attitude control for small satellites with two reaction wheels

C Han, J Guo, A Pechev - Acta Astronautica, 2014 - Elsevier
Underactuated attitude control is supposed to be used on spacecraft when failure happens
with onboard actuators. One main problem with existing underactuated attitude control …

On the attitude stabilization of a rigid spacecraft using two skew control moment gyros

H Gui, L Jin, S Xu, J Zhang - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
The attitude control of a rigid spacecraft with two skew single-gimbal control moment gyros
(CMGs), which is subject to an underactuated nonholonomic constraint, is investigated …

Two parallel single-gimbal control moment gyros actuated spacecraft attitude maneuver

C Yue, F Wu, F Wang, X Cao, Q Shen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This correspondence investigates the underactuated spacecraft attitude maneuver problem
using two parallel single-gimbal control moment gyros (SGCMGs). According to the …

[HTML][HTML] Reorientation of free-falling legged robots

M Charlet, C Gosselin - ASME Open Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Based on the cat-righting reflex, this paper presents two reorientation maneuvers for legged
robots that can produce roll and pitch reorientation during free fall. In order to better describe …

Control analysis of an underactuated spacecraft under disturbance

D Wang, Y Jia, L Jin, S Xu - Acta Astronautica, 2013 - Elsevier
Based on the nonlinear controllability theory, this paper analyzes the attitude controllability
for an underactuated spacecraft using two or one thrusters in sequence. In order to provide a …

[HTML][HTML] Local controllability and stabilization of spacecraft attitude by two single-gimbal control moment gyros

H Gui, L Jin, S Xu - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2013 - Elsevier
The attitude control problem of a spacecraft underactuated by two single-gimbal control
moment gyros (SGCMGs) is investigated. Small-time local controllability (STLC) of the …